Events in the Civil Rights Movement

By Tina Paolucci

  • Uncle Toms Cabin published

    Uncle Toms Cabin published
    African slavery novel writtenby Harriet Breecher

  • Dred Scott v. Standford

    Dred Scott v. Standford
    Supreme Court upholds slavery. Decision regarded as a key cause of American Civil War

  • Howard University

    Howard University
    Howard University founded in Washington D.C. founded for African-Anerican clergymen.

  • Octavious Catto

    Octavious Catto
    Octavios Catto, a civil rights activist is murderd during harrassment during Election Day in Philidelphia

  • Civil RIghts Act Signed

    Civil RIghts Act Signed
    The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Acts RIght of 1875 forbidded discrimination in public spaces.

  • Civil Rights Cases

    Civil Rights Cases
    The United State Supreme Court strikes down the civil rights act of 1875.

  • Florida A&M University founded

    Florida A&M University founded
    The State Normal School for Colored Students is founded.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    United States Supreme Court decision that all public facilites are 'seperate but equal'

  • Maple Leaf Rag

    Maple Leaf Rag
    Maple Leaf Rag was written by an early ragtime composer named Scott Joplin

  • Shuffle Along

    Shuffle Along
    First African-American brodway hit musical.

  • Recy Taylor

    Recy Taylor
    Recy Taylor was gang raped by a group of white men. The white men confessed to the crimes but were not charged. Rosa Parks investigated the case.

  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson
    Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black baseball player in history in proffessional baseball in 60 years.